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CHILDREN OF 
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From A to Z 


BY 

THOMAS STEVENS 

PICTURES BY 

A. H. COLLINS 



KEW YORK 
R. H. RUSSELL 
1903 


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Copyright, ipoj 

By Robert Howard Russell 


Published October, 1903. 


CHILDREN OF THE WORLD 


they children wild or tame, 

They are very much the same. 

(Still we have our own opinion which is best of them.) 

One child wears only furs, 

And one a kilt prefers ; 

And it’s hard to say which is most neatly dressed of them. 
Their skins are different, too. 

From the Scotch to the Sulu — 

Though it shouldn’t be the cause of making jest of them. 
For each, you must admit. 

If you think of it a bit. 

Will be hungry, eat and sleep like all the rest of them. 






A ’S an American, bright- eyed and gay; 

. He knows how to work and he knows 
how to play. 

And here in this picture, quite certain I am. 
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B is the sun-burned and hardy young Boer, 
A rough one to fight, but the fighting 
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His trekking and wrecking and shooting are 
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Old England has now got a new little son. 



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A warm - hearted fellow who laughs at 
the cold. 

He has learned from the Indian, his old friend 
and true. 

How to walk on a snow - bank without falling 
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D is a Dervish who lives in a land 

Of delicate date - palms and deserts of 
sand; 

He can ride on a camel or dance the whole day, 
And he’s quite fond of fighting, I’m sorry to 
say. 





E is the English boy, cousin and friend j 

He has a great navy, and ships without 
end. 

Of all our good friends he is surely the chief. 
For he speaks our own language and eats our 
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F ’S a Fijian — a cannibal fair — 

Though cheerful enough, she’s not quite free 
from care, 

For her father is often ferocious and wild — 
Could you blame him for eating so dainty a 
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G ’S an East Indian Ghurka — a man 

With the heart of a lion in under his tan. 


He’s fond of his kukeri, his gun, and his rice. 
When the battle call sounds, he’s on hand in 


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H is Hong-Kong, with a pig- tail yards long: 

(They always wear pig- tails in distant 
Hong-Kong!) 

He wears funny shoes, and he carries a fan; 

But though he looks odd, he’s a fine little man. 






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I is the Irish boy, happy young Pat, 

With a thatch of red hair underneath his 
soft hat. 

Though kind, he resents any word of abuse. 
And he keeps his blackthorn ever ready for use. 



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For business at almost all hours of the day. 
And if he makes money he never will stop. 

In a street in Jerusalem stands his queer shop. 


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K is a little East Indian Khan, 

^ Who lives in a country called Balu- 
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L is from Labrador — wee Eskimo — 

^ Who lives in an ice - house all covered 
with snow; 

She has seal -skin for jackets, that cost a mere 
song, 

And is pleased with a land where the day’s 
three months long! 






M ’s a Masai baby, fierce, dark, and strong. 
Who steals neighbors’ cattle and thinks 
it no wrong! 

That’s in East Africa, where they appear 
To have manners and customs quite different 
from here. 


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Who hides in the bush, which is lonely 
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Though he looks, with his war-club and musket 
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Like a fighter, he also can till his rich land. 








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O is an Ottoman wearing a fez. 

When he speaks I’m afraid you 
tell what he says, 

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F r is a Persian and Parsee in one. 

He worships the fire and his god is the 
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He’s cautious and studious, so, they all say. 

He’s sure to be wealthy as Croesus some day. 





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O is from Queensland — an Australian boy. 

Riding on horse -back is his greatest joy. 
With a whip and a gun and a swinging lasso, 
See him racing and chasing the swift kangaroo. 




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R is a Rajput, who’s haughty and proud, 

And turns up his nose at the ignorant 
crowd. 

The horse that he rides is as proud as his 
master ; 

He will curvet and prance, but he won’t gallop 
faster ! 










S comes from Scotland, the land of the cake. 

He’s a braw little laddie a soldier to make. 
And the sound of his bagpipes will draw us all 
forth, 

When he marches along to the “ Cock of the 
North.” 








T ’S from Tasmania, There where she 
dwells 

’Tis as full of ripe fruit as the sea’s full of 
shells. 

It was once a dark prison, but now it’s all free, 
And sends us sweet cargoes from over the sea. 


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His clothes are a belt, and a shirt on 
his back. 

He owns a fine spear and a few weapons more. 
To keep off the lions that prowl round his door. 



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V ’S a Victorian. Boy never had 

A healthier, busier life than this lad. 

And the things he prefers to all others, I’m told. 
Are the shearing of sheep and the mining of gold. 


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hat! 

In the land where she lives they think nothing 
of that! 

She trips olF to market, like other Welsh dames, 
And she has three or four unpronounceable 


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I expect she is leading the doggie a 
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’Xtraordinarily dainty is she, 

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Y ’s from the Yukon, a wee red papoose, 

In a snug blanket- coat and smart moc- 
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In summer he hunts and he paddles about. 

And in winter it’s always too cold to go out. 





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Z is a Zulu, with fierce assagai. 

Do you think he could hurt you.? Pray 
don’t let him try! 

But he won’t, if he could, for his battles are 
o’er. 

And now they’re all friends — Briton, Zulu, and 
Boer! 








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